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Definition of Toll

tollTole Tole (t[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Toling.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain
origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.]
To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing
or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.]
Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he
should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at
last he masters the difficulty.

TollToll Toll, v. t. [See Tole.]
1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.
2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first
meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To
cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and
uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. ``The
sexton tolled the bell.' --Hood.
3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to
ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak.
Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
--Beattie.
4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss
the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
--Dryden.

TollToll Toll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tolled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tolling.]
To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated
at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to
announce the death of a person.
The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak.
Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.

TollToll Toll, n.
The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly
repeated.

TollToll Toll, v. i.
1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] --Shak.
2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll
thrice. --Chaucer.
No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our
dominions. --Shak.

TollToll Toll, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
See Tale number.]
1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
bounds of a manor.
3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.
Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
it.
Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
its cost. --Brande & C.
Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
like, of another.
Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.